Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-13
Here AND There.


Euchre players and others who used
to play the game, but dropped il long
900 for moro exciting pasteboard
pastimcs, ere interesting themselves,
according to the Buffalo Co,rjcr, in a
problem which has been strilingly Illus
trated by a shrcwd advertiser. On q
background Of black are displayed two
hands with cuff and sleeve attachment,
and each hand holds five cards The
left hand has jack, acc and nine OF
clubs. and ace and ten Of hearts in
the right are seen the jack OF spades,
Tie king. queen, and ten of clubs, and
the ace Of diamonds. The game is
cuclrc, the trump Is clubs, and the
problem is, (Which hand wins?"
From the Puniab to Delhi the ran
road passes through thc battle fields OF
nearly all the invaders OF India for over
two thousand years, and scarcely any
part of the inhabited world is so rich
as the Puniab il wonderful ruins Of
laroe and magnificent mosques, TEN
pics. palaces, and forti6cations. 1t was
in tbs province that Alexander the
Greats army refused TO march any fur
tier towards the East, and he was com
PEELED to admit that ne had no more
worlds to conquer. Aliigators swarm
in its rivers, venomous snakes are found
all over it, and the tiger, elephant, and
other Wild animals can always be met
bv those who VIII search tar them.
4 Poston clergyman claims to have
lost his trunk checks while on jour
ncy. On arriving home he managed to
get Lis trunks from the railroad com
pany by making aGidayits, having him
self identified, and paying for the lost
checks. When he arrived at his resi-
donce, from which his family had been
absent during the whole time OF I'M
tourney, he went to n match-safe for q
match, and to his amazemcnt found
the lost checks in it. He had had
his trunks checked in New York jus.
before taking the train for home, and
had travelled without delay. Now hc
would like to know how the checks got
out of his pocket-book and arrived IN
Boston before him.
At Karachi. India, on the Indus river,
is low, square building, which Is.a
great and much-revercnccd resort for
LARGE numbers Of Mohammedans each
wear. They swarm there from al parts
of the surrounding province to look at
and 10 pay reverence to hair which
was originally plucked from the beard
Of Mahomet. This sacred relic is said
70 be enclosed in amber and kept IN a
beautiful case OF gold, which is thiclly
studded with emeralds and rubies. This
is in possession of a family of Sheeahs
who have owned this same spot for over
COO wears. and who claim to be direct
descendants of Fatimah, the daughter
Of Mahomct.
A short time before their departure
for their respective States, Mr.. Hiscock
suproached Mr.. Reagan with his right
hand extended, and remarked: "Wont
Won pair with me for a few days, as ]
want TO go to New York;" Il smile
came over Reagans face, and, taking
the profiered hand, he replied II am
clad Of the chance. | want to go to
Texas. / have got little business
down there, and / was looking for some
one 10 pair with" Ii occurred to both
men at once that their business was
similar. and they shook hands together
with fervor that had depth of mean
ING in It. This is the first time on
record that these gentlemen have paired,
and the good luck that followed them
after they left the House is a source oi
pleasure TO their friends.
"The legal condition OF French wo-
men. AZ established by the Code OF
1904" writes M. Leon Giraud. OF the
Paris bar, sis now being attacked
from two quarters AZ once. A bill is
aeon to be presented in the Chamber of
Deputies which, if passed, viii make
Il possible for woman TO act as witness
10 legal documents and tutrix. Among
the supporters Of this measure are "a.
Lefeyre, Vice President Of the Cham
Der; Senator Naquet, the apostle of
divorce; and Nj. Frederic Passy, the
weIl-known political cconomist and
deputy, Another bill which is to be
laid before the Senate viii modify con-